UNITED STATES v. HOUCK

No. 20-2216.

2 F.4th 1082 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Franklin HOUCK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnaby C. Wittels , LaCheen & Wittels, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, John G. Gromowsky , The Gromowsky Law Firm, LLC, Kansas City, MO, for defendant-appellant.

Philip M. Koppe , Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO ( Timothy A. Garrison , U.S. Atty., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GRUENDER, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


In 2018, Thomas Houck pleaded guilty to one count of receipt and distribution of child pornography and was sentenced to 80 months' imprisonment. See 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2), (b)(1). On April 30, 2020, while still in prison, Houck filed a motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) on...

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